The Sweetest Thing I've Ever Heard........

What's the "sweetest thing I've ever heard?" "I'LL MISS YOU WHILE YOU'RE GONE MOMMY." wow. I have had ALOT of dr.s appointments lately, and this week in particular. Well, today is Friday, and the last one (of FOUR) this week. And the worst. I've been getting pretty good news at every appt. Nothing devastating. But today, I had to have a breast biopsy. OUCH. We prayed as a family last night, and the boys were curious as to why mommy was going to the doctor so much lately. So, I told them the best way you can tell a four year old, what the dr. had to "check" today. They were both showing me their chests saying, "look ma! no lumps!" ha ha (well, maybe not in those words.....do you remember that gravy commercial?) Anyway, They had to kiss and hug and say "I love you " several times. But what touched my heart the most this morning for some reason, was "I'll Miss You While You're Gone Mommy!" And the second sweetest thing? "Welcome home mommy, come on in!!"

Slightly Embarassing, Very Funny......

Ok, at the sake of embarassing the snot out of myself, not knowing who will be reading this. I'm going to tell a Trevor Story. I was getting them ready this morning to go to my friend Amy's house. She watches them for just a few hours for me on Wednesdays, just to give Dave and I time alone, or for me to clean, nap, run errands.......whatever I want. OK? So, we're running late this morning, and I had just gotten them all ready, and in their coats, and ran back to my bedroom to get myself dressed. Trevor walks in in the middle of that process.....he's always VERY complimentary to me. He will tell me I look pretty, or that he likes my new shoes, dress, whatever.....But this morning,...........and here's the embarassing part........I was putting on my bra!!! Well, it was a (ugh, can't believe I'm telling this) flowery one, and Trevor walks in and says "Oh Mommy!! I LOOOVE your Booby Diaper!!" I'm laughing so hard writing this I can hardly type. I laughed and said "my booby diaper?" cuz I wasn't sure that I heard him right, and he got this silly grin on his face like "well, that's probably not the right word is it," and started laughing too!! But then repeated it, because he knew he had said something extremely funny at this point, and wanted more laughs!!!

Just How "serious" is George?

Last night putting Abbey to bed, she asked me for a certain toy. I didn't understand what she was saying. So, I asked her to repeat it! She said "I WANT MY SERIOUS GEORGE!!" LOL, I had gotten them some kids meals at Wendy's that day for lunch, and a Curious George toy was in it...........

Catching Up

Hey all! Sorry I haven't updated in a while. It's not that there hasn't been anything cute or funny, or weird, or.......well, you know, going on, I've just been lazy I suppose. Ok, so here goes. We'll start with Abbey: Let's see. She's becoming quite a "girly girl" and yes, she's 4 going on 14. She has this attitude going right now, that HAS to be broken, before we go nuts!! She does this little "ggrrr" and stomp her foot thing when she doesn't get her way. But, can turn around and be the sweetest thing you've ever met!! She's a wild woman. Already emotional!! Oyvay!!! Oh, this is hilarious, Dave gave her a cookie, and she spit it out and gave it back to him and said "you're trying to kill me!!" Don't know where THAT came from, but it cracked us up!!! OK, on to Dylan. He has such a temper, like I've said before. But when he's not "angry" as he would say, he's as sweet and cuddly as can be. Trevor is a big ole stinker as usual. He always just has that sly little smile on his face like he's up to something. And he usually is more often than not!! LOL I promise I'll share more soon!!!

Trippy Fally

Ok, Abbey was almost named "Abigail Grace" the Grace, being after Dave's mom. And if we had two girls, the other girl was going to be "Hannah Jewel" the Jewel, being after my mom. Well, when we discovered we were having two boys and a girl, we decided to go with Abigail Jewel. My mom was the only one of our moms that was living, and my mom hadn't ever had anyone named after her in the family (except of course, me in a way, with Julie) So, we decided we wanted our little girl named after her, but liked Abigail better than Hannah. SO, all of that to say, that it was destined for Abbey to NOT be named GRACE. She LOVES to dance, and when she's "doing ballerina" in the living room, she does very well, and we will probably take her back to try dance classes again sometime soon. BUT, she is sooooo clumsy! LOL She could just be standing there talking to you, and then BOOM, she's on the floor. She NEVER quits moving for long, so even when she's standing there, she's moving, and then she trips herself. SO, I started calling her "trippy fally." Well, today she fell, and then started to cry. I said "come here "Grace". Can't you stand up?" And through her tears she said "no, I'm Trippy Fally."

Opal

Our dear friend and sister in Christ died today. Yesterday I went to see her. I can't beleive that her health failed so quickly. It just seems so unfair. While I was there yesterday, I wasn't sure what to say to her, and she couldn't talk to me. When she saw me, she immediately wanted to write something to me, but didn't have the strength. So, I sat down, took her hand, and sang to her. Opal LOVED music, she even wrote some songs, and they were GOOD.
She responded to the music, and wanted to get comfy, and turned toward me.
Today, I went back up, and was going to sing to her some more after church, after I fed the kids.
I got there too late. Opal was gone Home. Jill was with me and the kids and we cried the whole way home, listening to the Untitled Hymn, which I sang at church that morning for Opal. Carl asked me to sing it along with The King Is Coming at the funeral, which I am honored to do. I was hoping he would ask. It will be hard, because I loved her so, but I really want to do it.
When we got home, and I was getting the kids ready for a nap, Dylan told me "Don't worry mommy, Opal is in the sun, she's with Jesus."
He had heard Jill and I talking about the sun finally shining today, and that it must be for Opal. He put that together, and said what he did. Little did he know how profound his little statement to me was. What a sweet boy.
I Love You Opal, and I Miss You.........Can't wait to see you again someday.

Genesis 1:1

We started Family Devotions tonight. We've always prayed with them, sang, and/or learned scripture. But today I got a specific book for devotions for 4-7 yr olds. It has a story, a Bible Verse that they learn doing motions, an activity, and then a song to go along with the Bible Verse/Story. It was a blast. It's from Focus on the Family, and they loved it. So did we.
We sat and I read the story. Then Dave read the Bible Verse, Genesis 1:1 and told us the motions to do, then me and the kids sang the song and danced around the living room (it came with a CD also)!!! There is an activity of planting a flower seed, which we will do this week sometime. But we decided to do the same story etc, for a whole week. That way they will learn the verse and song for sure. It was great!!!